{"product_id":"naked-city-9780306812040","title":"Naked City","description":"Weegee was among the first to fully realize the camera's unique power to capture split-second drama and exaggerated emotion. But his profound influence on other photographers, most famously on Diane Arbus, derives not only from his sensational subject matter and his use of the blinding, close-up flash, but also from his eagerness to photograph the city at all hours, at all levels: coffee shops at three in the morning, hot summer evenings in the tenements, debutante balls, parties in the street, lovers on park benches, the destitute and the lonely. No other photographer has better revealed the non-stop spectacle of life in New York City.Weegee's first book, \u003ci\u003eNaked City\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), was a runaway success and made him a celebrity who suddenly had assignments from \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVogue.\u003c\/i\u003e By the publication of his second book, \u003ci\u003eWeegee's People\u003c\/i\u003e (1946), he had cut the wires to his police radio and had begun to photograph the furred and bejeweled \u003ci\u003egrandes dames \u003c\/i\u003e at the Metropolitan Opera as well as his beloved street people. \u003ci\u003eNaked Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e (1953) and \u003ci\u003eWeegee by Weegee\u003c\/i\u003e (1961) feature portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khruschev, and Liberace -- many of them viewed through the distorted lens of his Weegee-scope.Regarded as some of the most powerful images of twentieth-century photography, Weegee's work now resides in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306812040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.72h x 6.12w x 0.73d","brand":"Arthur Fellig Weegee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635531411612,"sku":"9780306812040","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a77755e7-a305-4e50-89c3-bcc0c93104ab.jpg?v=1603839816","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/naked-city-9780306812040","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}